BAPTIST MEM HOSP/ GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC

Acute Care Hospital in Columbus, MS 39701

BAPTIST MEM HOSP/ GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC PROFILE

Baptist Mem Hosp/ Golden Triangle Inc is an acute care hospital located in Columbus, MS 39701 that serves the Lowndes county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

BAPTIST MEM HOSP/ GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC

2520 5th St N
Columbus, MS 39701
Phone: (662) 244-1500
Get Directions

Patient Survey Summary Rating Summary Star Rating
The summary star rating combines data from different aspects of the patient’s experience of care to make hospital comparison easier.

Average

ABOUT THIS PROVIDER

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals What's an acute care hospital?
An acute care hospital provides inpatient medical care, services related for surgery and medical services for short-term illnesses, acute medical conditions or injuries.

Hospital Owner: Voluntary Non-profit - Private

Electronic Lab Results: Yes Able to receive lab results electronically
The provider has the ability of receiving laboratory results through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system as discrete searchable data.

Electronically Track Patients Visits: Yes Able to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits
The provider is capable of tracking lab tests, diagnostic studies, or patient referrals through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

Outpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (outpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for outpatient surgical procedures.

Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.

General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.

Nursing Care Registry: Yes Nursing care registry
The provider participates in the nursing care registry. This registry collects and analyzes information on nursing care topics, conditions, or procedures.

Inpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (inpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for inpatient surgical procedures.


Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Baptist Mem Hosp/ Golden Triangle Inc is administered to a random sample of adult inpatients after discharge. The following are the results of some the survey’s five-star quality ratings.

Doctor Communication: Good

Quiet Rooms: Excellent

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Baptist Mem Hosp/ Golden Triangle Inc show how rapidly emergency departments give recommended treatments known to get the best results for patients with certain common conditions. This information could help patients compare which hospitals provide the right care at the right time.

ER Wait Time: 27 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 19 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 2 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 14 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 1 minute before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Baptist Mem Hosp/ Golden Triangle Inc has better average ratings than other hospitals in Mississippi or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
CLAY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER835 Medical Center Dr
West Point, MS 39773
Yes14.96 miCompare
PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ABERDEEN400 S Chestnut Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730
Yes21.3 miCompare
OCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER400 Hospital Road
Starkville, MS 39759
Yes22.95 miCompare
PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER241 Robert K Wilson Drive
Carrollton, AL 35447
Yes26.17 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH GILMORE MEMORIAL1105 Earl Frye Blvd
Amory, MS 38821
Yes31.24 miCompare
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER1653 Temple Avenue North
Fayette, AL 35555
Yes36.97 miCompare
TRACE REGIONAL HOSP AND SWING BED1002 East Madison Street
Houston, MS 38851
Yes40.99 miCompare
NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER1530 U S Highway 43
Winfield, AL 35594
Yes44.54 miCompare
CHOCTAW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER8613 Ms Hwy 12
Ackerman, MS 39735
Yes46.07 miCompare
WINSTON MEDICAL CENTER & SWINGBED923 South Chruch Street
Louisville, MS 39339
Yes47.02 miCompare
MARION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER1256 Military Street South
Hamilton, AL 35570
Yes48.43 miCompare
WEBSTER GENERAL HOSPITAL/ SWING BED70 Medical Plaza
Eupora, MS 39744
Yes48.46 miCompare

What is Hospital Compare?

The information provided by the hospital compare program enables individuals, like you, with the opportunity to make an informed decision about which hospital you choose to provide your health care. An added benefit of Hospital Compare is that by informing the public and enabling them to make a decision about where they seek their health care, the scheme can also help to encourage hospitals, and the staff that work there, to improve the quality of care that they provide.

Hospital Care Data reflects the information provided by CMS in an friendly and intuitive format.